Community Wood Energy Program

BTEC supports federal funding of the Community Wood Energy Program (CWEP) at the fully authorized level of $5 million/yr for 2010. Authorized under section 9013 of the 2008 Farm Bill, CWEP is a competitive grant program that assists local governments with the capital costs of installing high-efficiency, biomass-fueled heating systems. CWEP provides states, counties and municipalities with matching grants through the U.S. Department of Agriculture to offset the costs of installing heating systems that utilize locally available biomass resources, such as wood chips, wood pellets, or other biomass energy feedstocks.